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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jack M Harris.

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JACK M HARRIS

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

October 5, 1928 – April 14, 1967

Service record

Jack M Harris, of El Cajon, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 26

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Born
October 5, 1928
Home of record
El Cajon, California (San Diego County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 14, 1967
Age
38
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 26

From El Cajon

All 17 names from El Cajon →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.